It seems likely that tomorrow will be our last opportunity to contact the Vermont Lunar Cubesat. As I write this we are an hour away from our 2 year anniversary in space. When we were planning the launch, NASA said we'd have about 2 years in orbit...I guess they weren't kidding! As of this afternoon I am still gathering onboard data in a careful priority order for archiving and further analysis. I am very happy that I feel we have most of the important data and during the pass we hope to have tomorrow we still will be collecting relevant and fresh data such as on-board temperature. Sorry, when I figured out our time was limited I put the priority on getting passes and I have pictures to post (from the 9/26 roll) after that task ends for me. As you can imagine, the knowledge that our mission was coming to an end changed the priority for me.
I will post updates as we see how this ends. Thank you all who have sent messages of support and encouragement. I am looking forward to beginning the work of data analysis when it isn't competing with data gathering.
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